Óscar Gil Regaño (born 26 April 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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team

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Club career

Elche

Born in

Elche Elche (, ; , , , ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. According to 2024's data, Elche has a population of 234,800 inhabitants,

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, Gil represented CD Pablo Iglesias,

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

and

Kelme CF Kelme Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club located in Elche, Alicante Province. It is a club with strong philosophy of football academy and does not have a senior team. Kelme CF derives its name from the sportswear firm Kelme. The philosoph ...

as a youth. He made his senior debut with Elche's

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on 23 August 2015, starting in a 1–0

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away win against

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. Gil subsequently struggled with injuries in the following campaigns, only becoming a regular starter for the B-side during the 2017–18 campaign. He made his professional debut on 16 October 2018, starting in a 4–1 home defeat to

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, for the season's

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. Gil made his

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debut on 24 August 2019, starting in a 2–1 away defeat of

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, and subsequently became a regular starter under manager Pacheta. Gil scored his first professional goal on 8 March 2020, netting his team's first in a 3–2 away success over

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. He contributed with 36 appearances (3,018 minutes, play-offs included) during the campaign, as his side achieved promotion to

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Espanyol

On 7 September 2020, Gil agreed to a four-year contract with

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, recently relegated from the top tier, after the club activated his

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500,000 buyout clause.

International career

Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive

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test of

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, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against

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on 8 June 2021. Gil made his senior debut in the match as Spain won 4–0.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Spain U23 *

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silver medal:

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References

External links

Profile
at the RCD Espanyol website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gil, Oscar 1998 births Living people Footballers from Elche Spanish men's footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Spain men's international footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Tercera División players Belgian Pro League players Elche CF Ilicitano footballers Elche CF players RCD Espanyol footballers Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Olympic footballers for Spain Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic silver medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century Spanish sportsmen